Vitalitas touted as cure in Houston tale of illness and hope
A Houston man recounts a physician's dire tuberculosis diagnosis and his eventual recovery after using Vitalitas. The narrative links kidney and stomach illness to tuberculosis, credits Vitalitas with restoring strength and appetite, and promotes the product at Wagner Drug Store. The article then shifts to legislative affairs about railroad suits, governor travels, liquor law amendments, and penitentiary plans as state leaders maneuver during session.
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Houston
H. C. Bush
Magnolia Park Company
Texas Avenue
Vitalitas
Vitalias
Wagner Drug Store
East
Houston Street
Olive Branch Extended by Governor in Texas Legislature
The governor spoke to both houses amid applause, paying tribute to Lieutenant Governor Mayes for engaging with him on many questions and working toward the state’s benefit despite policy differences.
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Senate
Mayes
Legislature Nearing End as Penitentiary Bill Moves
Austin Aug 11 The Legislature nears its automatic end next Tuesday with House likely to finish the penitentiary bill and the Senate resuming the measure, while today’s session covers the Oliver Wheeler senatorial contest and the blue sky law. A free conference will settle differences on the penitentiary bill before final enactment, with approval not reaching the executive until Friday. The governor also recommends a merger law.
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Katy
Austin
Executive Department
Colorado Springs
Conference of Governors
Mayes
United States
Senate
House
Wich
W. T. Eldridge
Reedy
Penitentiary Committee
Tex
Oliver-Wheeler
Reward Awarded for Biscuit to Hobo in 1886 Will Case
In Evansville Indiana a probate court settlement awards Mrs Mattie Hannun a 37894 reward for giving a cold biscuit and coffee to a wandering man who later wrote his will on packing paper and died years later with over 50000 in gold and silver at his shack on Stringtown road The will was filed in Evansville probate court following his death and no other will was found.
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Evansville
Ind
Mattie Hannun
Marshall McMurran
McMurran
Stringtown Road
Wannon
Fivansville
Banquet Planned for Thirty first Legislature by Austin Chamber
Austin Tex Aug 11 a banquet will be given to members of the Thirty first Legislature this week by the Austin Chamber of Commerce with participation by citizens. The chamber has long hosted lawmakers in appreciation of Austin as the state capital and this year the city will join in the entertainment.
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Austin
Tex
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Pottery Production Value Sets U S Record
The pottery production of the United States last year, valued at 26 590 000 dollars, marked the greatest in the history of the industry.
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United States
Catholics Gather for Milwaukee Convention Sessions
The American Federation of Catholic Societies meets in Milwaukee with 500 delegates among 30 000 Catholics. Topics include religious teaching in public schools and funding Catholic education. Archbishop Ireland will speak at a mass meeting, while Cardinal Gibbons opens the convention and grants a blessing after a large parade.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Convention
The
American Federation of Catholic Societies
McFaul
Ireland
National League of Catholic Women
National League of Catholic Women. Cardinal Gibbans
St. John's
Cardinal Gibbons
Canada
Cornelius Corcoran
Common Council
Bading
Denechaud
Federation
Sebastian G. Messmer
Wisconsin
Pius X
California Fruit Crop Outlook and Shipments Rise
The Railway Review reports a predicted poor year for California fruit growers but Southern Pacific estimates 14 000 carloads of deciduous fruits will ship to Eastern markets this season. Prices range 1500 to 2000 dollars per car, touching about 25 million dollars gross.
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Railway Review
California
Southern Pacific Company
Southern Pacific
Imperial Valley
Pa‘eifié
San Joaquin Valley
United States
General strike urged by Italian labor groups
In Milan on August 11 the Syndicalist and Socialist Workmen's unions proclaimed a general strike across Italy. The manifesto calls all workmen's unions to act now and carry the strike to its end.
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Milan
Italy
Vegetable Kingdom Dominates Medicine With Various Remedies
The text notes three medicine classes Animal Vegetable Mineral with vegetables supplying the most remedies. It cites 700 root plant and herb varieties known by pharmacists and hints the Indian Medicine Man knows many more. Lydia E Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts created her Vegetable Compound over forty years ago, credited with vast value to many American women.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Whitney May Relinquish Option on Frieske Painting
The article reports Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney may surrender her option on the Frieseke painting Before the Performance. Whitney recently bought the work from Frieseke, price undisclosed, and a French government offer for Luxembourg may influence the artist to accept. Whitney hopes the painting could stay in America or help Frieseke realize the Luxembourg ambition.
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Friesche
Harrry Payne Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney
America
Sociey
Frieseke
Whitney
Frederick
Luxembourg
Fredericksburg May Stage Big Pageant
Fredericksburg plans a grand historical pageant to celebrate the opening of the new railroad. The event would depict German settlement in Southwest Texas including noble families and early wagon routes. The pageant would use authentic costumes and focus on the coming of Germans to the region.
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Fredericksburg
Texas
New Wraunfels
Germany
Prince von Solms-Braunfels
Baron von Muesbach
Fritz Ernst
F. J. Bleberg
Wilson and Lind Visit Stir Mexico Debate In Senate
Report shows John Lind arriving in Mexico City with strict government precautions while diplomatic channels weigh the constitutionalists. The gunboat Nashville moves toward Vera Cruz as the Tacoma nears, and Ambassador Wilson meets Secretary Bryan amid cautious Senate debate on Mexican affairs.
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Mr Lind
Vera Cruz
Mr. Lind
Wilson
Bryan
Mexico City
Hotel Lascurain
John Lindsay
Lind
Nashville
Norfolk Navy Yard
Tacoma
Goodby
Senate
Lind Opens Mexican Pacification Talks in Mexico City
John Lind, Wilson’s envoy, sets up temporary offices at the U S embassy in Mexico City and holds talks with Nelson O Shaughnessy and Dr William Bayard Hale as Mexico's Federico Gambori expresses faith in US mediation efforts amid Huerta tensions.
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Ambassador Wilson
Charles KE. Parker
Mr. Lind
Mexico City
John Lind
Wilson
United States
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Lind
San Francisco
Henry Lane Wilson
Tlale
William Bayard Hale
O'Shaughnessy
Federico Gambor
Mexico
General Huerta
Vera Cruz
No Force Behind Lind Mission Undercuts Editorial
London editorials rebuke John Lind's Mexican mission as meddling and foiled by lack of force. The Daily Graphic notes its disadvantages and Huerta risks, while The Times supports President Wilson's restraint and urges Mexico to heed Lind's representations in good faith.
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Lind
Minnesota
Wilson
Mexico
London
Deily Graphic
John Lind
Huerta
the Times
Mexican Colonel Arrives in Honolulu En Route to Japan
Colonel De Aleman of the Mexican army landed in Honolulu aboard the Buyo Maru from Manzanillo on August 11. He heads to inspect 75,000 rifles bought by the Mexican provisional government for use against the Constitutionalists and was disappointed not to travel with Polix Diaz to Japan.
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Honolulu
de Aleman
Manzanillo
Japan
Mexican Provisional Government
Polix Diaz
Mason Says Peace in Mexico Still a Remote Chance
Company A asserts that peace in Mexico remains unlikely and that revolutions are not expected to be quelled. The statement frames regional conflict as an ongoing, unresolved issue with no natural path to settlement.
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Mexico
Carranza’s Genial Leader Wins Low Pay and High Morality
C A Mason, fresh from a Mexico trip, notes Carranza’s army is paid two dollars daily while federal troops receive one. He praises Carranza’s commissary and Red Cross setup, calls federal treatment of prisoners cruel, and doubts peace prospects though hopes for improved trade conditions.
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C. A. Mason
Mexico
Menger
Federal Army
Carranza
Red Cross
Newspaper Men Under Arrest in Mexico City
N A Jennings of Hearst papers and Marvin Ferree of a Los Angeles newspaper were arrested in Mexico City and detained by order of the interior minister. The charges against them have not been disclosed.
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Mexico City
N. A
Jennings
Marvin Ferree
Refugee Girls Return From Mexican Bandit Attack
Lily and Edna Gould, two American girls attacked near Tampico by bandits while their father could not help, arrived in New Orleans aboard the German steamer Spreewald with 36 other American refugees. They will proceed to Corning Iowa. passengers say Americans are fleeing Mexico.
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New Orleans
Lily
Edna Gould
Tampico
Mexico
Corning
Iowa
About 200 refugees aboard Norvega reach Galveston quarantine
The Norwegian steamship Norvega arrived at Galveston quarantine from Tampico with about 200 refugees on board. The vessel will remain in quarantine until Thursday evening.
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Galveston
Tex
Norvega
Tampico
Mexico
Saloons Close Four Hours in San Francisco
San Francisco saloons were shut for four hours early today as a new state law took effect at midnight. The statute makes it illegal to sell give or deliver liquor between 2 and 6 a m marking the first interference with retail liquor traffic by statute.
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San Francisco
One Brooklyn eater swallows a feast for $25 wager
Gustav Lexander of 931 Third Avenue Brooklyn devours eleven pound turkey five green peppers nine large potatoes two loaves of bread half pound butter ten bottles beer in one sitting for a $25 win. He then agrees to a $25 side bet to eat 15 pounds of bluefish against Christopher Pfander, the Brooklyn bluefish champ, in a match at Lexander’s home. Pfander weighs 210 pounds. Lexander 339 and urges a hearty diet over nuts. He is a local politician and well known in South Brooklyn.
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New York
Gustav Lexander
Third Avenue
Brooklyn
Lexander
New Drop
Wanted 500 to 1000 Geldings for Sale
Advertises a sale request for 500 to 1000 geldings aged 4 to 10 years, dark color and sound. Calls for address and price details to be sent to No. 975 Light.
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